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Effective Date: September 19, 2024

Welcome to First Generation for Environmental Health and Economic Development (FirstGen4EHED) website. By accessing or using our website at https://firstgen4ehed.org, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use our website.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, as well as any other policies, guidelines, or amendments that may be presented to you in the future. You agree to use the site only for lawful purposes and in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations.

2. Use of the Website

You are permitted to view, download, and print content from the site for your personal, non-commercial use. The content of this website, including text, images, and other media, is protected by intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or otherwise exploit the materials on the site for commercial purposes without express permission from FirstGen4EHED.

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  • Use the site for any unlawful purpose.
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This website may contain links to third-party websites for your convenience. FirstGen4EHED has no control over the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. We are not responsible for the availability, accuracy, or reliability of any such external sites.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

The website and its content are provided on an "as-is" basis. FirstGen4EHED makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the website or the content, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, FirstGen4EHED will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this website or the information provided, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.

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You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless FirstGen4EHED, its officers, directors, employees, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or related to your use of the website or violation of these Terms and Conditions.

9. Changes to the Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right to modify these Terms and Conditions at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

10. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising under these terms will be resolved in the courts of California.

11. Tours

As a participant of our tours, such as the TOXIC TOUR, you hereby grant the absolute and irrevocable right and unrestricted permission to publish, distribute, exhibit, or otherwise use any photographs and videos that FG4EHED has taken or may have taken of you. You agree to release the photographer from all claims, demands, and liabilities concerning the photographs and understand that the images may be modified in any manner, and subsequently waive any right to inspect or approve any final product that uses such photographs. As a participant in our tour, you acknowledge that any such images may be used without limitation in print publications, online publications, websites, and social media. You agree to waive any right to royalties or other compensation arising from or related to the use of the photographs taken. Waivers and exemptions can be signed in person prior to tour start.

Note: we will contact tour participants within 72 hours of website form submissions to confirm reservations. If FG4EHED does not receive a followup reply within 48 hours of us reaching out via email, voice mail or text, that reservation will be forfeited to insure fair allocation of seating and to meet the high demand for our Toxic Tour. Please insure that you are able to receive confirmation replies from us through your phone or email.

A maximum reservation limit of 4 seats will be enforced along with an age limit of 9+ years.

12. Contact Information

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First Generation for Environmental Health and Economic Development
https://firstgen4ehed.org
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Phone: 415-725-4799
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Dredging Contaminated Soil
Escavator

Around the corner in this Daly City community, bulldozers cast diesel fumes into the air as workers clad in hazardous-materials jumpsuits rip up her once neatly groomed neighborhood park, now festooned with dozens of warning signs: CAUTION. NO TRESPASSING. HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS.

  • Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and state officials concede that toxic substances seeped into the earth during the early 1900s via a gas manufacturing plant, which was taken over by PG&E and is now the company's Martin Service Center.
  • During World War II, Navy builds Midway Village housing complex next to site of the shut-down gas plant.
  • PG&E finds contaminated soil at its Martin Service Center. PG&E and the state's Department of Toxic Substances Control haul away affected soil.
  • Later, PG&E's Martin Service Center is placed on the Superfund list of most- contaminated industrial sites in California.
  • Later, The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry releases a document showing high levels of genetic abnormalities among Midway Village.
PM2.5 Hazards
Homeless Shelter

Environmental justice advocate Ray Tompkins says homeless shelter residents are forced to breathe air filled with tiny particles that can become embedded deep in the lungs due to placement near cement factories.

  • Scientists have said that there is a clear link between the particles and health problems while questioning the safety of the homeless shelter site.
  • A 2020 draft study by the city’s health and planning departments noted that aggregate handling near Islais Creek, not far from the shelter site, contributed to elevated PM 2.5 levels nearby.
  • Masks and filters only afford so much protection against the particles swirling everywhere.
  • "Just because they’re homeless, doesn’t mean they’re not deserving a clean breath of air.” - Ray Tompkins, Retired Chemistry Teacher
  • "This the worst place for a human being, in terms of air quality. It’s in the middle of a gravel pit, which is used for making cement.” ~ Ray Tompkins, African American Community Health Equity Council
Sewage Plant
Waste Water

The impoverished, isolated and largely African American neighborhoods didn’t always have the dubious distinction of being San Francisco’s outhouse. Until a revamping of the city’s sewer system in the 1970s, only 20 percent of the city’s sewage went to the area’s Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant. Since the revamp, residents there have beseeched the city to do something about the plant’s odor and the unfair sewage burden placed on them with more sewage to come.

  • 27- acre sewage plant just southwest of the corner of Evans Avenue and Third Street — the intersection serving as the portal to the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood
  • 10 digesters — tanks that give off a rotten egg-like stench — and two flare stacks that spew odors when the systems aren't working right.
  • 67 million gallons of sewage flow to the plant, get treated through a biological-chemical process for about 10 hours
NRDL Facility
Radioactive Sign

The United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL) was an early military lab created to study the effects of radiation and nuclear weapons. The facility was based at the Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California. Activities of the facility led to:

  • Oversaw the dumping of huge amounts of contaminated sand and acid into San Francisco Bay after they were used in attempts to clean irradiated ships.
  • Spread radioactive material on- and off-base, as if it were fertilizer, to practice decontamination.
  • Burned radioactive fuel oil in a boiler, discharging the smoke into the atmosphere.
  • Sold radioactive ships as scrap metal to a private company in Alameda.
  • Hung a source of cobalt-60, a nuclear isotope that emits high-energy electromagnetic radiation similar to X-rays, in San Francisco Bay for two weeks, apparently just to see what would happen
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